Notebook-holder



J. SHEEAN.

NOTEBOOK HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5. 1920.

1,381,757. Patented June 14, 1921.

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JAMES SHEEAN, 0F CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

NOTEBOOK-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 14, 1921 Application filed February 5, 1920. Serial No.356,518.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that J AMES SHEEAN, a citizen of the United States ofAmer'ca, residing at Camden, in the county of Camden and State of NewJersey, has inventednew and useful- Improvements in Notebook-Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a note-book holder and lineindicator adapted for use by copyists particularly in connection with atypewriting machine, but also designed for use as a means of holding acopy-book or loose sheets as a tablet in taking notes or preparingmanuscript, and in that connection being suitable for arrangement flaton a desk or to be held on the lap or in the hand; and with theseobjects in view the invention consists in a construction and combination'of parts of which apreferred embodiment is shown in the accompanyingdrawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder setup for use in holding acopybook in a substantially upright position.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.

Figs. 3 and l'are sectional views on the planes'indicated respectivelyby the lines 3-3 and H of Fi Fig. 5 is an edge view of the device foldedfor use on the desk or on the lap of the operator.

The device consists essentially of a base or board 10 provided with afolding easel support 11 of wire or rod pivotally connected with thebase .or board at 12 and adapted to be disposed as indicated in Figs. 1and 2 at an angle to the plane of the board to support thelatter in asubstantially upright position, the outward movement of the frameconstituting the easel support or brace being limited by a flexibleconnection 13 consisting of a chain, tape or any equivalent thereof. Theeasel frame or base preferably comprises the side arms 14 and thetransverse connecting bar 15, While the pivotal connection between saidarms and the base or board 10 is provided by inturning the extremitiesof said arms to fit in sockets in the edges of the base or board, sothat when'the brace is folded as indicated in Fig. 5 the side arms areadapted to lie substantially in the plane of the base or board. At itslower end said base in addition to the forwardly projectin ledge 16 isprdvided with depending resilient knobs or cushions 17 of rubber or thelike forming buttons to bear upon the surface of a desk orthe like toavoid scratching the same and at the same time prevent the structurefrom moving or sliding to such an extent as to be objectionable, andwhen the easel brace 11 is folded the bottom cross bar 15 thereof snapsbehind said buttonsas indicated in Fig. 5, to lock said frame in theplane of the base or board to adapt the device to be arranged flat uponthe surface of the desk or to be held on the lap of the operator intaking notes.

Secured to the base or board near its upper edge is a transverselyextending clamping tongue 18 designed to engage the upper edge of thecopy-book or a tablet or sheets of paper arranged upon the surface ofthe base while extending parallel with the left-hand edge of the base orboard is a gage bar or rib 19 against which the adjacent edge of thebook or of sheets of paper arranged on the surfaceof the base may befitted to dispose the same in accurate parallelism with the base. Alsomountedslidably upon the base preferably at its left-hand edge is acarrier block 20 having front and rear guide arms 21 and 22 of which theformer bears and rides upon the guide bar or rib 19 while the latter isprovided with a terminal hook23 for engaging andtraversing a guide rib24 to time to indicate the successive lines of the copy for theconvenience of the operator.

0 move the indicator arm from time to time without tending to disturbthe arrangement of the copybook or sheet on the base the carrier blockmay be grasped and deflected either rearwardly or forwardly from theplane of the base or board so as to raise the free end of the indicatorarm, whereupon the block may be slid parallel with the edge of the baseto the desired adjustment.

1 Also obviously the carrier block with its attachments including theindicator arm may be entirely removed from the base or board, when notrequired for indicating llt from the holding rib 24. Thec'arrier may bereplaced with equal facility by disposing it adjacent'to the edge of thebase and snaplimiting the deflection of the latter from the plane of thebase, said easel support having a transverse lower bar, and the base:being provided with yielding buttons at its lower edge forengagement bysaid transverse bar when the easel support is folded.

2. A copy'holder having a base and means for supporting the same in asubstantially upright position, a clamp for securing copy upon the frontsurface of the base, front and rear guide ribs carried by the baseparallel with one side edge thereof, a carrier ture.

block provided with front and rear spring arms for bearing contactrespectively with said ribs, and a line indicator arm carried by saidblock.

3. A copy holder having a base and means for supporting the same in asubstantially upright position, front and rear guide ribs arrangedparallel with one side edge of the base, a carrier block provided withyielding front and rear arms for bearing contact respectively with saidribs, the rear arm having a terminal hook for engagement with therearrib to prevent accidental displacementiof the block, and a yielding lineindicating arm carried by the said block and extending transversely ofthe surface of the ase.

In testimony whereof he afiixes his signa- JAMES SHEEAN.

